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05 Mar 2010, 15:01

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Which of the following best completes the passage below?

In opposing government regulation of business, conservatives often appeal to the Jeffersonian ideal of limited government, expressing the wish that government would “get off the backs of the American people.” Yet, paradoxically, many of these same conservatives address questions of private morality, such as those dealing with sexual behavior, by calling for______

(A) a return to the restrictive sexual morality of the Victorian era(B) a strengthening of the role of the family in setting moral norms for society(C) a limitation on the amount of sexually provocative material appearing in books, motives, and television shows(D) greater freedom for individuals to choose their own way of handling sexual issues(E) an increased governmental role in the regulation and control of private sexual behavior

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06 Mar 2010, 09:13

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Is this question from a non-official source (i.e. not GMAT Prep or OG?)? It dances a little too close to controversy to feel GMAT-like to me.

But in any case, I think the answer should be E, because of the text bolded below. The answer is definitely not (D)--it says the opposite of what we should expect after "yet, paradoxically." And (A), (B), and (C) all neglect to mention government involvement--the focus of the first sentence.

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In opposing government regulation of business, conservatives often appeal to the Jeffersonian ideal of limited government, expressing the wish that government would “get off the backs of the American people.” Yet, paradoxically, many of these same conservatives address questions of private morality, such as those dealing with sexual behavior, by calling for______

(A) a return to the restrictive sexual morality of the Victorian era(B) a strengthening of the role of the family in setting moral norms for society(C) a limitation on the amount of sexually provocative material appearing in books, motives, and television shows(D) greater freedom for individuals to choose their own way of handling sexual issues(E) an increased governmental role in the regulation and control of private sexual behavior
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08 Mar 2010, 20:27

E for me. First author mentions conservatives argue for government “get off the backs of the American people.” The key indicator word "yet" implies that in the case of sexual behavior conservatives have an opposite view, which is E.

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09 Mar 2010, 01:23

esledge wrote:

Is this question from a non-official source (i.e. not GMAT Prep or OG?)? It dances a little too close to controversy to feel GMAT-like to me.

But in any case, I think the answer should be E, because of the text bolded below. The answer is definitely not (D)--it says the opposite of what we should expect after "yet, paradoxically." And (A), (B), and (C) all neglect to mention government involvement--the focus of the first sentence.

---------------------------------------------------------Which of the following best completes the passage below?

In opposing government regulation of business, conservatives often appeal to the Jeffersonian ideal of limited government, expressing the wish that government would “get off the backs of the American people.” Yet, paradoxically, many of these same conservatives address questions of private morality, such as those dealing with sexual behavior, by calling for______

(A) a return to the restrictive sexual morality of the Victorian era(B) a strengthening of the role of the family in setting moral norms for society(C) a limitation on the amount of sexually provocative material appearing in books, motives, and television shows(D) greater freedom for individuals to choose their own way of handling sexual issues(E) an increased governmental role in the regulation and control of private sexual behavior

How to make out which questions are GMAT like and which ones are not.This is from 1000 CR.
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08 Jul 2010, 05:53

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mundasingh123 wrote:

How to make out which questions are GMAT like and which ones are not. This is from 1000 CR.

I'm not entirely sure this isn't, but I have a feeling about it...

Over on the MGMAT forum, we don't allow discussion of the 1000 sets, mainly because they illegally use some copyrighted problems without permission. Even if they didn't, we wouldn't allow them anyway - a lot of the problems are fine, but there are a number of bad ones that can actually mess up your study if you use them!

I have been teaching GMAT for half a decade, have done all OG and GMATPrep questions, and have written several hundred questions myself, so I have developed a sense of what official questions feel like. Sometimes the red flag is something obvious (e.g. obvious errors in the so-called "right" answer, two equally acceptable answers, no right answer at all, etc.), other times it is more intangible (e.g. subject matter seems "off," diction isn't typical of the GMAT, too much of a "story" told to set up a math problem, etc.).
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24 Nov 2015, 04:13

esledge wrote:

Is this question from a non-official source (i.e. not GMAT Prep or OG?)? It dances a little too close to controversy to feel GMAT-like to me.

But in any case, I think the answer should be E, because of the text bolded below. The answer is definitely not (D)--it says the opposite of what we should expect after "yet, paradoxically." And (A), (B), and (C) all neglect to mention government involvement--the focus of the first sentence.

---------------------------------------------------------Which of the following best completes the passage below?

In opposing government regulation of business, conservatives often appeal to the Jeffersonian ideal of limited government, expressing the wish that government would “get off the backs of the American people.” Yet, paradoxically, many of these same conservatives address questions of private morality, such as those dealing with sexual behavior, by calling for______

(A) a return to the restrictive sexual morality of the Victorian era(B) a strengthening of the role of the family in setting moral norms for society(C) a limitation on the amount of sexually provocative material appearing in books, motives, and television shows(D) greater freedom for individuals to choose their own way of handling sexual issues(E) an increased governmental role in the regulation and control of private sexual behavior

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